BNY Classics: Lincoln Portrait
Schedule
Fri, 12 Jun, 2026 at 07:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
600 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 15222 | Pittsburgh, PA
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— About this Performance —To express the spirit and founding principles of our country, Aaron Copland selected Abraham Lincoln as his subject. Together with Copland’s unapologetically American music (written for the “Common Man”; the democratic foundation of this country), Lincoln’s words articulate the American ideal we must not forget and strive to uphold, every day, even in times of great darkness. This powerful piece headlines a concert of all-American music with works by Bernstein, Joan Tower, and John Adams, a setting of excerpts from American poet Walt Whitman about his experience as a hospital volunteer during the American Civil War.
— Performances —
Friday, June 12: 7:30 PM
Sunday, June 14: 2:30 PM
— The Artists —
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Matthias Goerne, baritone
The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
— The Program —
Joan Tower: Tambor
John Adams: The Wound-Dresser
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Copland: Lincoln Portrait
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